WIWW! Finally Back!

Is there a rule against combining three weeks of WIWW from your camera but couldn't post because of finals? Oh, Lindsey, I hope not! HAHA! Linking up with the Pleated Poppy for the first time in a LONG time!! Starting from Easter Weekend on...

Dinner out with Ordy Boy: 

Dress: Nordstrom Rack

Cardigan: NY&CO 

Easter Morning!

Cardigan: Same NY&Co one

Dress: Old Navy

Belt: Forever 21

Shoes: Puerto Rican store find

Necklace: BFF's Borrowed

Class Outfit: (I tricked Emily into thinking I wasn't wearing an elastic waistband like I normally do... I totally was. JEGGINGS!)

Shirt: Target BF tee

Jeggings: TJMaxx

Shoes: Same PR ones

Cardigan: Nordstrom Rack

Yard Sale Day:

Harajuku Lovers Shirt

Rich & Skinny Jeans

Puerto Rican shoe store (racking up on those sandals!) 

Final:

Thrifted Plaid Shirt

Rich & Skinny Jeans

Rainbow Sandals

Gap Terry Cloth Hoodie 

LAST FINAL EVER!

(Out shopping with my adorable Bobo!)

Shirt: Gift from my Step Mom

Seven Skinny Jeans

Gap City Flats

Premiere Night to Something Borrowed with my sis!

The lovely Emily Giffin (Author of Something Borrowed) and I!

Target Tank

NY&Co Blazer

Tory Burch Clutch

Black Skinny Jeans 

Adorable Shoes!

Running Errands- doing nothing- ENJOYING SUMMER!

American Eagle Tanktop
Target Cardi
Nordstrom Rack Cargo pants
Charlotte Russe Sandals


And that's that!! Hope y'all dont mind the mash up! I am so happy to get back into WIWW! Bring on the accountability :) Although, I will say... For my anniversary gift this weekend, I had Ordy get me running gear to get me motivated to start working out... so I'm afraid future WIWW might consist of athletic clothes! I HAVE TWO BEACH TRIP PLANS APPROACHING!! AHH!!! At least they're cute! Right?

WIWW Creative Estates Edition

Ok, so after my week of stressing last week, (because of how nervous I was to meet these lovely ladies) and leaving my entire house a wreck... these are the outfits I actually wore. It was a miserably cold and rainy Saturday in Arizona (just my luck, right?) so HALF the outfits I packed just sat in my suitcase (of course I overpacked...)

Before I post pics and outfits I HAD to share a sweet Ordy Boy moment! (Since this blog is about us, it's only fair, right?!)

Ordy travels Mon-Friday and I was sad I would miss him since I flew out Thursday morning... It would mean 2 weeks of not seeing him. I was home straightening my frizzball hair when I heard my doorbell ring Wednesday night around 11pm... It was my adorable Ordy Boy who caught the last flight out of Dallas to hand deliver my Wednesday Dozen and wish me well on my first "big girl trip all alone!" <-- his words... He wanted to "see me off properly"... I was pleasantly shocked as I had just made arrangements with his roommate to take me to the airport Thursday morning!

I deliberately wanted to wear a "loud" shirt as my airport outfit because I wanted it to be easy to find my roommate (whom I had never met before!) I actually tweeted her this same exact picture so she could find me! Great minds think alike because she wore stripes as well!

Shoes: The ones from this post! 

Only... add a trench because of the freezing weather!!! YIKES!

A rainy day in Arizona, thank goodness Ordy told me to pack my rain jacket!

I promise... He's normal. I don't know how to prove it... but you'll just have to trust me! That's the face I got... but that's what I'll post if he keeps giving it! Love him and was so happy to see him!

If this is your first time here, welcome! I'm linking up to the Pleated Poppy! If you've never done so, I encourage you to try it! If we met at Creative Estates, thanks for visiting my blog! {Feel free to tell me if an outfit is not as flattering in person as it is on my camera phone! HA, justtttt joking}

WIWW & Creative Estates Planning!

I'd be lying if I said I don't care about what to pack for CE... I have used this as an excuse to go shopping and have scooped up some new stuff...

Onto what I wore this week...

Dinner with Ordy at Fellini's- our favorite late night outdoor patio pizza place. whew. long description. 

Sweater: Sister gave off shoulder with studs

Pants: the most comfortable black sweat skinnies- you can't really tell i'm being lazy in stretchy pants! From Tj Maxx 

Shoes: thrifted boots 

ring: Loehmann's huge white ceramic ring I love

Camera Strap: The one I won in a giveaway but got lost in the mall (and replaced!!) from Eclectic Whatnot

Day in Kennesaw with India and later on dinner with Ordy: 

Sweater/jacket: borrowed India's since I spent the night before

Navy Sweater: Forever 21

Under Shirt: India's

Pants: Nordstrom Rack cargo skinnies

Rainy day lunch with Ordy at Flip Burger! 

Trench: Sister's

Skinnies: Forever 21

Boots: Burberry

Dinner out to celebrate 

Jacket: NY&Co Blazer

Shirt: You can't tell but it's really cute and ruffley...Nordstrom Rack

Dark Denim Skinnies: Forever 21

Wedges: H&M

Pretty Sunday out with my Bobo and Ordy: 

Tank: Target (love how it's two completely different sides/prints)

Skinnies: JEGGINGS! Don't judge me...

Shoes: Bought from a boutique similar to these 

NASTY day... late to class... thunderstorm kept me up all night! Bandit and I had to hide in my downstairs bathroom because I seriously thought my roof was about to get ripped off!

Polo Oxford

Hudson Jeans

Minnetonka Moccasins 

This is Grandma Bandit who hid in a bathroom with me all night :)

Onto Creative Estates shopping. Here are things I LOVED (some I didn't buy because I was convinced I could recreate for less... self-proclaimed DIY cheap-o)

I feel like I could beautify a simple cardigan with some lace and pretty buttons. And I will do JUST that for my next project! 

I wish Fedoras loved me as much as I love them...unfortunately, I think my face is too wide/chubby. But this one was SO cute and springish! 

Excuse the oily residue, I just left getting my mani/pedi and am in love with this color! 

Love these doily inspired sandals... I might have to justify this into my wardrobe. So cute and girly...

And the last random part of this past. A lesson for all you ladies...

Remember my hairy situation? Well, I absolutely loved my lighter hair... like beyond love- I caught myself not recognizing my reflection and it was fun to be this 'different' person! Anyhow, last weekend my sister kept pointing out that I was "red headed" and I didn't think so, but could see it in the sun... as seen below: 

 I loved the lightness here: 

But that's my sister taking my phone and taking a pic of the "crown" of my head to show me the super red tone... 

After noticing it myself (but not really minding because I just liked it light!!!) I called my AMAZING hair stylist (she seriously is amazing and you all should be jealous! just kidding...) She immediately came over THAT SAME NIGHT to "tone" it. I didn't know what this meant but she explained that dark hair going light usually turns out "brassy" and needs toning, so she wasn't surprised I needed it... 

After toning: it turned darker and I had trouble adjusting! I was so sad I could hardly sleep that night thinking I just "painted over a once beautiful artwork!" HA, I feel like I ruined everything we worked so hard to get! Light hair! It would be like spray painting something white after days of priming, and then turning around and spray painting it navy blue. I was so sad! I thought all our work to achieve light hair was in vain :( 

on our way to dinner showing the darker hair

After a few shampoo sessions later, the darkness is kind of disappearing... it's still not as light as it was BUT it's not completely dark either. 

I'm not too upset because I'm going lighter in a few months (and I have the best hair stylist that can do it with no problem at all), but still- it was such a set back! All that to say, don't be SO NIT PICKY like I was! 

I just spent an hour trying to narrow down Creative Estate outfits and I'm so overwhelmed I don't even know where to start! UGH! lucky people who live in Arizona and can just go home for outfit changes!